Hat-tip



(No Model.)

. H. OOOHRANE.

, HAT TIP.

-. No; 336,213. Patented Eeb. 16, 1886..

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HORACE COCHRANE, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 336,213, dated February 16, 1886.

Serial No. 179,042. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HORACE COCHRANE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hat-Tips; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to improvements in hats, and has for its object to produce a device which may be readily applied to any hat to form a false crown, between which and the crown proper an air-chamber is formed, which prevents the direct action of the heat of the sun upon the head of the wearer. This false crown may also be used to advantage as an ornamentation, or as a means of support for fanciful and decorative designs, letters, and monograms, as the same may be more readily applied and fastened thereto than to the crown proper of the hat, as is now the common practice.

To these ends, and to such others as the invention may appertain, it consists in giving to a piece ofsuitable material an oval shape, notching the edge thereof, and providing the piece thus formed with depending supports adapted to sustain: it in position within the hat.

The improvement consists in the novel details of construction, arrangement, and combinations of parts, as more fully hereinafter specified and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a central longitudinal section of a hat provided with my improvement. Fig. 2 is a top view of the tip or false crown detached. Fig. 3 is a view on the line X X, Fig. 2.

To illustrate the application of my improvement, a hat, A, of ordinary construction and shapeis shown, the same being provided with the usual sweat-band, B.

The false crown or tip 0 consists of the oval-shaped piece D, made of cork, felt, pasteboard, papier-mach, or any suitable material,

and the supports E, depending therefrom. These supports are preferably made of a single piece of wire having its ends bent at right angles, representing a I-l-shaped appearance.

A pair of wires thus bent are placed diagonally upon the piece D, and secured thereto in any well-known manner. The wires are preferably flattened, so as not to distort the sweatband when the tip is inserted in place.

In Fig. 1 the piece D is shown devoid of any covering, and provided with an embossed or raised design, 6, whereas in Figs. 2 and 3 the piece is represented as covered, the wires in the former case being on the outside of the covering, in the latter case between the covering and the piece.

As shown in Fig. 3, the covering is made the means of securing the supporting-wires in place.

To economize in room, the supports E may be formed with a hinge-joint at theirjunction with the crown-piece D, to permit their folding close to the latter when not in use.

In practice the tip is inserted within the hat, the sweat-band being first turned down to allow the wire supports to lie close to the inner wall of the hat. Then the sweat-band is returned to its normal position, confining the supports between it and the hat proper, thereby holding the tip in place, as shown in Fig. 1. It will be noticed that an air-chamber, F, is formed between the tip or false crown and the crown proper, and this chamber communicates with the space below the tip by means of apertures formed by the notches (Z, cut in the edge of the crown-piece D. The advantage of this air-chamber and the interposition of the crown-piece D to prevent and ward off the direct action of the heat of the sun from the head of the wearer is too apparent to need explanation.

By making the crown-piece of papier-mach or pasteboard, and providing the same with a fanciful design, monogram, or letter embossed or stamped therein, the same will be very light in weight, and may be used for ornaniental purposes, in addition to its utility as a preventive of sunstroke.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- 1. The combination, with a hat, of afalse crown located therein and a series of single supports fixedly secured to and depending from said crown, and having their free ends inserted between the hat-body and the sweat band, to support and secure the crown in place, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, with a hat, of a false crown located therein and a series of single supports fixedly secured to and depending from said crown, and having their free ends inserted between the hat-body and the sweatband when in use, said supports having a hinge-joint close to the crown, to permit their folding when not in use, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

HORACE OOGHRANE.

Witnesses:

FRANK SCHMIDT, R. L. HENDERSON. 

